Penner's cat calls during the same challenge in FvF1 were better.

Hope(or the other girl) said they thought they had Matt and Laura when they seemed on top of the world in episode 1 and that they never thought they had Michael.

Has there ever been a player that seemed as destined to win as Kim this season(Brian maybe?)

How do you know that none of them looked? You do know that they have 3 days worth of footage from multiple cameras from whence to glean 40 minutes of TV show. They only show people looking for the idol if it's relevant to the story.